Baa

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare German Bein and Gebeine, Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɑː/

Noun

Baa n (plural Bana)

  1. (Vienna, anatomy) bone

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.

Noun

Baa n (plural1 Baa, plural2 Bee, plural3 Bää)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) leg
    Hot die stackndirre Baa!
    She's got stick-thin legs!

Further reading
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 20:
  • https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/mobile/b.baa_1.wort
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